Guía para el diseño de un Sistema de Administración de Riesgos Ambientales y Sociales (SARAS) para instituciones financieras en América Latina y el Caribe
Sep 2021 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Braly-Cartillier, Isabelle;Gavilanez Muñoz, Javier;Calvo, Ricardo;Cottle, Vanessa
Este documento ofrece a las instituciones financieras de América Latina y el Caribe una guía con ejemplos concretos, modelos y herramientas para que puedan diseñar cada elemento y componente de su…
Technology, Identification, and Access to Social Programs: Experimental Evidence from Panama
Aug 2021 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Reyes, Angela;Roseth, Benjamin;Vera-Cossio, Diego A.
Access to identification cards (IDs) is often required to claim government benefits. However, it is unclear which policies to increase ID ownership are more effective. We experimentally analyze the…
Why Does COVID-19 Affect Some Cities More than Others?: Evidence from the First Year of the Pandemic in Brazil
Aug 2021 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Chauvin, Juan Pablo
This paper investigates what explains the variation in impacts of COVID-19 across Brazilian cities. I assemble data from over 2,500 cities on COVID-19 cases and deaths, population mobility, and local…
External Shocks and FX Intervention Policy in Emerging Economies
Aug 2021 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Carrasco, Alex;Florian Hoyle, David
This paper discusses the role of sterilized foreign exchange (FX) interventions as a monetary policy instrument for emerging market economies in response to external shocks. We develop a model for a…
Crime under Lockdown: The Impact of COVID-19 on Citizen Security in the City of Buenos Aires
Aug 2021 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Perez-Vincent, Santiago M.;Schargrodsky, Ernesto;García Mejía, Mauricio
This paper studies the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdown on criminal activity in the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina. We find a large, significant, robust, and immediate…
El delito en cuarentena: el impacto del COVID-19 en la seguridad ciudadana de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires
Aug 2021 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Perez-Vincent, Santiago M.;Schargrodsky, Ernesto;García Mejía, Mauricio
Este documento estudia el impacto de la pandemia de COVID-19 y la subsiguiente cuarentena en la actividad delictiva en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Encontramos una caída fuerte,…
Increasing Women's Agency through Non-traditional Employment Opportunities in the Transport Sector: The Effects of Women's Participation in Road Maintenance in Bolivia
Aug 2021 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Bonfert, Anna;Monje Silva, Andrea;Guerrero, Pablo;Roza, Vivian
This research analyzes the effects on women who participated in the Bolivian Road Conservation Program utilizing Microenterprises (PROVIAL).
The PROVIAL program is a road maintenance program…
Las unidades APP centrales en América Latina y Caribe y su relación óptima con otras instituciones del gobierno
Jul 2021 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Rebollo, Andrés;De los Ríos, Mateo;Foster, Richard
Con el apoyo de Gobiernos e instituciones de investigación de América Latina y el Caribe, desde el BID desarrollamos en 2020 la Red de Análisis y Buenas Prácticas en Asociaciones Público-Privadas (…
Understanding the Growth of the Middle Class in Bolivia
Jul 2021 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Beverinotti, Javier;Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo;Puerta, Alejandro
In this paper we aim to disentangle how sectoral economic growth affects the growth of the middle class size using state-level data of Bolivia from 2000 to 2017, a country with limited data, breaking…
Knowledge for Development: the IDB's Impact in the Region
Jul 2021 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Avellán, Leopoldo;Calderón, Claudia;Lotti, Giulia;Wanner, Z’leste
By analyzing a novel dataset on publications by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), we shed light on the extent to which the knowledge production of a multilateral development bank can reach…
Transport Electrification: Regulatory Guidelines for the Development of Charging Infrastructure
Jul 2021 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): González-Salas, Alberto;Murcia Pascual, Paula;Alvarez Alonso, Oliverio;De Muguerza, Enrique;Madrigal, Marcelino
This monograph aims to provide a guideline regarding the development of an electric mobility charging infrastructure ecosystem and the necessary actions to be taken by policy makers to promote its…
The Local Human Capital Costs of Oil Exploitation
Jul 2021 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Balza, Lenin;De Los Rios, Camilo;Jimenez Mori, Raul Alberto;Manzano, Osmel
This paper explores the impacts of oil exploitation on human capital accumulation at the local level in Colombia, a resource-rich developing country. We provide evidence based on detailed spatial and…
Maneuvering Uncertainty: Scenario Planning in Belize
Jul 2021 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Castellani, Francesca;Drenth, Gerard;Gallardo Montoya, María Lourdes;Leslie, Janelle;Martin, Lucia;Rogers, Cassandra;Ruiz-Arranz, Marta;Valdez, Eugenia;Vasquez, Gian
The IDB has been experimenting with the Scenario Planning methodology since 2019 in order to challenge and innovate its approach to strategic planning, as well as to enhance the agility with which it…
Where are the Unbanked in Belize?: Using Machine Learning Small Area Estimation to Improve Financial Inclusion Geographic Targeting
Jul 2021 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Hersh, Jonathan;Martin, Lucia;Leslie, Janelle
This study aims to contribute to the efficient and effective implementation of Belize's National Financial Inclusion Strategy (NFIS) that was launched by the Central Bank of Belize in 2019. It…
An Amazon Tipping Point: The Economic and Environmental Fallout
Jul 2021 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Banerjee, Onil;Cicowiez, Martin;Macedo, Marcia;Malek, Žiga;Verburg, Peter;Goodwin, Sean;Vargas, Renato;Rattis, Ludmila;Brando, Paulo M.;Coe, Michael T.;Neill, Christopher;Damiani, Octavio
The Amazon biome, despite its resilience, is being pushed by unsustainable economic drivers towards an ecological tipping point where restoration to its previous state may no longer possible. This is…
Fiscal Policy and Climate Change: Recent Experiences of Finance Ministries in Latin America and the Caribbean
Jul 2021 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Delgado, Raúl;Eguino, Huáscar;Pereira, Aloisio Lopes
This publication presents recent experiences of finance ministries in the Latin American and Caribbean region in three crucial areas of intervention where climate change issues and the…
Política fiscal y cambio climático: experiencias recientes de los ministerios de finanzas de América Latina y el Caribe
Jul 2021 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Delgado, Raúl;Eguino, Huáscar;Pereira, Aloisio Lopes
Esta publicación presenta un conjunto de experiencias recientes de ministerios de finanzas de la región de América Latina y el Caribe en tres áreas de intervención donde convergen los temas de cambio…
Política fiscal e mudanças climáticas: experiencias recentes dos ministérios de fazenda da América Latina e Caribe
Jul 2021 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Delgado, Raúl;Eguino, Huáscar;Pereira, Aloisio Lopes
Para alinhar os gastos públicos com as estratégias nacionais de mudança climática e os compromissos de mitigaço assumidos em referncia às contribuiçes determinadas em nível nacional (NDC, em ingls),…
Education Management and Information Systems (SIGEDs) in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Road to the Digital Transformation of Education Management
Jul 2021 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Arias Ortiz, Elena;Eusebio, Javier;Pérez Alfaro, Marcelo;Vásquez, Madiery;Zoido, Pablo
Education Management and Information Systems (SIGEDs) can be defined as the set of key educational management processes required for the design, registration, generation, exploitation and…
Los Sistemas de Información y Gestión Educativa (SIGED) de América Latina y el Caribe: la ruta hacia la transformación digital de la gestión educativa
Jul 2021 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Arias Ortiz, Elena;Eusebio, Javier;Pérez Alfaro, Marcelo;Vásquez, Madiery;Zoido, Pablo
Los Sistemas de Información y Gestión Educativa (SIGED) son el conjunto de procesos de gestión educativa que sirven para diseñar, registrar, explotar, generar y diseminar información estratégica en…